Parliament introduced the Clean Air Act to try and put a stop to all of the terrible smog's.

The bank rate rose to the dizzy heights of 5½%. The highest it had been since 1931. Maybe this had something to do with the introduction of 'Self Service' shops this year.

15th March My fair lady opened in New York.

Ist November Britain first heard of 'ERNIE' when the first Premium Bonds went on sale.

Young members of the Liberace fan club. Little did they know.

300,000 people out of work, but there were ten vacancies for each person

Stop the War demonstrators meet Keep the War demonstrators in Trafalgar Square.

Rioters cooling off in the rare summer sunshine at the Oasis Pool in London.

More goods were finding there way into the shops and more music. At lunch times a group of us would go to the local record shop where we would all pile into a small soundproof booth. Having given the assistant a list of the latest records we would eat our sandwiches to the sound of the top ten.